Politics

By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — The US military conducted a strike against another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, killing two people, according to US Southern Command. “On Feb. 5, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike

By Manu Raju, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer last month that he was finally prepared to drop his freeze on billions of dollars in funding for a major New York infrastructure project. But there was a condition: In exchange for the money, Schumer had to agree

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — When President Donald Trump claimed to NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas in a Wednesday interview that “I’m getting – starting to get great polls on the economy,” Llamas quickly pushed back by noting that Trump’s polling on the economy is “not great.” Trump immediately backed off his assertion, retreating to

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — In its latest effort to weaken the federal workforce, the Trump administration issued a rule on Thursday that would shift an estimated 50,000 senior career staffers into a new category that would make them easier to fire. The controversial rule allows agencies to reclassify federal employees involved in policy

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is planning to match teen competitors with celebrity coaches for the televised “Patriot Games” athletic contest, one of the events marking the United States’ 250th anniversary. A spokesperson for Freedom 250, the non-profit group leading the administration’s celebrations, provided new details to CNN after President

By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — Marco Rubio now has one less critical role to worry about in the Trump administration. After nearly a year as acting archivist of the United States, Rubio’s tenure has ended. Rubio’s term expired with the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, which limits the time an acting officer can remain in

By Molly English, Arit John, Kathryn Squyres, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic special primary in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District remains too early to call with progressive Analilia Mejia and former US Rep. Tom Malinowski locked in a tight race. Mejia was slightly ahead of Malinowski at the close of counting on Election Night. But

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris is relaunching — part of her social media presence. The former vice president and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee on Thursday rebooted the KamalaHQ account, which has over 1 million followers on X and more than 5 million on TikTok, as just Headquarters, which in a partnership with

By Jeremy Herb, MJ Lee, Nicky Robertson, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department failed to black out identifying information about many of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims and redacted the details of individuals who may have aided the convicted sex offender, prompting an outcry from survivors who accuse DOJ of botching the release of more than 3

CNN, MS NOW, DOJ, GETTY IMAGES, FOX NEWS By Jeremy Herb, MJ Lee, Nicky Robertson, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department failed to black out identifying information about many of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims and redacted the details of individuals who may have aided the convicted sex offender, prompting an outcry from survivors who accuse DOJ

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — After intense criticism from some election officials after Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was present during an FBI search of an elections office in Georgia last week, Gabbard defended her actions by pointing to a slew of intelligence laws and policies. “My presence was requested by the President

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Justice Antonin Scalia’s sudden death 10 years ago this month reordered the Supreme Court, presidential politics and, as seen at the court today, invigorated the status of the man himself. Scalia, who died at age 79 at a Texas hunting lodge, was a conservative luminary, by

By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — Brad Karp, the chairman of Paul Weiss, one of the most prominent corporate law firms in the country, abruptly resigned from his post Wednesday after newly released Jeffrey Epstein files revealed his email exchanges with the convicted sex offender, though he will remain at the firm. “Leading Paul, Weiss

By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — The expiration of the last remaining nuclear treaty between the United States and Russia on Thursday has sparked fears about a nuclear arms race, with the two biggest nuclear superpowers without limits on their arsenals for the first time in decades. “The worst case is it spirals

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The Office of the Director of National Intelligence obtained voting machines from Puerto Rico and probed them for security vulnerabilities, the office said in a statement to CNN Wednesday. The extraordinary move comes amid Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s broader search for voter fraud at the behest of

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — One of the more emotional moments in first lady Melania Trump’s new documentary comes when she meets Aviva Siegel, a former hostage held by Hamas who’s advocating for the release of her husband, in January 2025. On Wednesday, Trump welcomed the couple to the White House, and told observers